Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone talked about the
upcoming meeting with Liverpool on Wednesday,
stressing that a difficult match awaits them against
the Reds.
Simeone said at a press conference: “We will play a
game against a strong opponent and we will have to
make a great effort to play against them, and experiences
are useful, but sometimes mistakes are repeated.”
In response to Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp’s
statements that “Atletico are not giving up,” Simeone
said: “Our performance in the past years has shown that
we are competing at a high level, and the game bears
great demands and we have to understand the game we
want to play.”
Simeone continued his talk about how to deal with
Liverpool, saying: “I have an idea to lead the match, and
there are those who say that I will attack in order for our
appearance to look good, but this is not true, and the
reality will be on the field, and the opponent will make
you suffer and we will get opposite opportunities,”
according to the AS newspaper reported. Spanish.
Simeone concluded his talk about having doubts about
playing the match without fans, saying: “We have heard
rumors about the possibility of playing without fans, and
I hope that they will be held in the presence of the fans
because their absence will not be fair to Liverpool, after
we played in the presence of our fans, and the Liverpool
fans are very important for his team.”
The “Anfield” stadium hosts the second leg of the
Champions League final, which brings Liverpool and
Atletico together, knowing that the first leg ended with a
clean goal for the Spanish club.
